BOIL STH DOWN (TO STH)


Meaning of BOIL STH DOWN (TO STH) in English

to make sth, especially information, shorter by leaving out the parts that are not important :

The original speech I had written got boiled down to about ten minutes.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.